NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A 39-year-old man in eastern Uganda who recently put his faith in Christ is still recovering from a machete blow to his head by a Muslim relative in late June, sources said. Abudlawali Kijwalo, who comes from family of devoted sheikhs and hajjis (pilgrims to Mecca), was grazing his cattle […]
Muslim Brother of Christian Attacks Him with Machete
Recent convert refuses to renounce Christ.
July 14, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
Islamic Extremists Burn Pastor to Death in Uganda
Villagers set house on fire.
July 6, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists in eastern Uganda set a pastor’s home on fire on Wednesday (June 30), burning him to death, sources said. Pastor Isima Kimbugwe’s body was burned beyond recognition after the assailants set his home on fire in Buseta village, Kibuku District at about 10:30 p.m., local Christians said. Leaving […]
Muslim Father Beats, Poisons Daughter for Turning to Christ
Societal persecution continues unchecked in eastern Uganda.
July 2, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A woman in eastern Uganda is struggling to recover after her Muslim father beat her and forced her to swallow a toxic substance for leaving Islam, sources said. Hajat Habiiba Namuwaya, a 38-year-old mother of three, said she fled her home in Namakoko village, Nangonde Sub-County last month after Muslim […]
Christian Pastor Slain over Outreach to Muslims, Sources Say
Police say suspect confessed motive for killing bishop.
June 18, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A radical Muslim has confessed to killing a 70-year-old pastor in Uganda on June 11, sources said. Bishop Francis Obo, senior pastor of Mpingire Pentecoastal Revival Church Ministries International in Odapako village, Mpingire Sub-County, was killed after a group of Muslim extremists dressed in Islamic attire stopped him and his […]
Employer Allegedly Sends Hit Men to Kill Christian
In another village, Muslim relatives destroy home of new believer.
June 8, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian employee’s Muslim supervisor sent people to kill him last month in eastern Uganda after he refused to convert to Islam, sources said. Christians at the funeral of evangelist Fred Isiko, who drove a van for Ashirafu Kasenyi’s cargo transport company, said Kasenyi was behind the killing of Isiko […]
Muslims Burn Down Christian Widow’s Reconstructed House
Mother of five fled in 2015 after her husband was killed.
May 16, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A widow and her children who fled their home in eastern Uganda after her husband was killed in 2015 returned this year, only to narrowly escape an attack this month that burned down her reconstructed home, sources said. Muslim extremists burned down the home of Kanifa Namulondo in Kaliro, Bulamogi […]
Pastor Slain after Leading Muslims to Christ at Religious Debate
Father of 11 planted 50 churches in eastern Uganda.
May 12, 2021 By - 4 Comments
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda are suspected in the May 3 killing of a Christian pastor hours after he engaged in a public debate about Christianity and Islam, sources said. Pastor Thomas Chikooma, a resident of Komolo village, Pallisa town, was killed after he was invited to an open-air debate […]
Muslims Allegedly Poison Pastor over Plans for Church Building
Church leader in Uganda refused to sell land for proposed mosque.
May 2, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslims in eastern Uganda upset with a pastor’s plans to build a church on land they sought to buy are suspected in his death by poisoning, sources said. Pastor Yolonim Oduchu was poisoned on April 5 in Raraka village, Oloki Sub-County, Pallisa District after he declined to sell a five-acre […]
Mother of Seven Wounded, Loses Family for Becoming Christian
Husband attacks her with dagger, she says.
April 13, 2021 By - 1 Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A mother of seven children in eastern Uganda suffered serious wounds and is cut off from her family after her husband and other Muslim relatives attacked her on Easter Sunday for putting her faith in Christ, sources said. Salimati Naibira, 37, of Bukoba B village, Mayuge District, lost consciousness after […]
Pastor’s Relatives Raped after Imam’s Wife Turns to Christ
Mosque leader threatens church leader, plans attack, sources say.
March 11, 2021 By - 1 Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A mosque leader sent men to rape three female relatives of a church pastor in western Uganda because the imam’s wife put her faith in Christ, sources said. The imam also sent a Muslim to the church’s worship services in the Kasese area to gather information for a future attack […]